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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra
FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE / Costa
August 13 , 1990 County
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REPORT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOMELESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
SUBJECT:
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . Expand the Homeless Advisory Committee by one seat (to a
total of 24 seats) and designate the new seat for a
representative of the Contra Costa Legal Services
Foundation, as requested by the Committee.
2. Declare vacant the following seats on the Homeless Advisory
Committee and direct the Clerk of the Board to apply Board
policy in regard to posting these vacancies:
A. The city seat previously occupied by Iris Hughes.
B. The citizen seat previously occupied by Virginia A.
Thompson.
C. The consumer seat previously occupied by Sharon Green
Williams.
3 . Request the Homeless Advisory Committee to return to our
Committee on September 10, 1990 with recommended nominations
to fill these vacancies, including applications forms from
each individual nominated for appointment.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YesYES SIGNATURE:
-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD MMI
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES: SUNNE WRIGHT McPEAK TOM POWERS
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 21, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT III, IV ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Legal Services Foundation ATTESTED a/. /990
Social Services Director PHIL BAT ELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
AuditOr-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County_Counsel
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M382 (10/88)
BACKGROUND:
On May 22, 1990 the Board of Supervisors referred to our
Committee a letter from Ginger Marsh, Chair of the Homeless
Advisory Committee, recommending that an additional seat be
created for the Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation.
Supervisor Powers explained that the reason such a recommendation
had been rejected in the first place was because the Legal
Services Foundation frequently is suing the County and it would
be inappropriate to supply information to the Homeless Advisory
Committee which might be used against the County in court as long
as a member of the Legal Services Foundation served in an
official capacity on the Advisory Committee. Ms. Marsh indicated
that she understood that the Social Services Director might from
time to time have to withhold information from the Advisory
Committee for this reason but that the Advisory Committee wanted
to have the Legal Services Foundation represented on the Advisory
Committee in spite of this possible drawback.
With the understanding that the Social Services Director is
directed not to share with the Homeless Advisory Committee any
information which might be used against the County in court, our
Committee is prepared to recommend the addition of a seat for the
Legal Services Foundation. We have also recommended that several
seats be declared vacant because individuals have not attended
meetings or have changed their employment status in such a way
that they no longer represent the category to which they were
originally appointed.
It is our Committee ' s intent to consider appointments to these
seats on September 10 , 1990, following the required 10 day
posting period for mid-term vacancies and for this purpose are
requesting that we be supplied with copies of the applications
from any individuals the Homeless Advisory Committee wishes to
recommend for appointment to these vacant seats.